Child-Placing Agencies with Registries
These adoption agencies maintain their own registries. In addition to applying to the Central Adoption Registry, you can contact these agencies for more information about their registries.
| Agency | Years Record Kept |
|---|---|
| Buckner Baptist Children's Home | 1944-present |
| Catholic Charities of Dallas (also known as Catholic Social Services, Catholic Counseling Services) |
1950-present |
| Catholic Charities-Houston | 1940-present |
| Catholic Charities-San Antonio (also known as Catholic Family & Children's Services/Catholic Welfare Bureau) |
1946-present |
| Child Placement Center of Texas (also operates registry for Triad Adoption, Inc.) |
1980-present |
| Children's Home of Lubbock (maintains records for El Paso Christian Services) |
1956-present |
| Christian Child Help Foundation | see Spaulding for Children |
| ChristianWorks for Children (also known as Christian Services of the Southwest) |
1967-present |
| Depelchin Children's Center (also known as Institute for Child and Family Services, has Florence Crittendon Maternity Home records) |
1896-present |
| The Gladney Center (also known as Edna Gladney Home and Texas Children's Home and Aid Society) |
1887-present |
| High Plains Children's Home and Family Services, Inc (also known as Christian Haven) |
1967-present |
| Homes of Saint Mark | see Presbyterian Children's Home |
| Hope Cottage | 1918-present |
| Jewish Family Service | 1967-present |
| LDS Family Services - Carrollton | 1975-present |
| LDS Family Services - Houston | 1975-present |
| Lee and Beulah Moor Children's Home | 1959-present |
| Lutheran Community Services of El Paso and Lutheran Social Services of Texas | See Upbring |
| Methodist Children's Home (maintains registry/records for Methodist Home Services; sibling registry is with the Central Adoption Registry) |
1890-1998 |
| Methodist Mission Home | see Providence Place |
| New Life Adoptions (dba New Life Pregnancy Center, originally under the auspices of NW Memorial Baptist Church of Houston; aka New Life Children's Services) |
(1983-present) |
| Presbyterian Children's Home and Services (Also houses records for Homes of St. Mark 1952 forward) |
2010 to present |
| Providence Place formerly Methodist Mission Home (aka Methodist Family and Rehabilitation Services; Southwest Maternity Center; Texas Mission Home and Training School |
1945-present |
| Smithlawn Home | 1968-present |
| South Texas Children's Home | 1952-present |
| Spaulding for Children (Christian Child Help Foundation) |
1977-present (Spaulding) 1969-2000 (Christian Child Help Foundation) |
| Texas Baptist Children's Home | 1975-present |
| Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (also known as Child Protective Services, Child Welfare, Social Services) |
1920s-present |
| Upbring (formerly Lutheran Social Services of Texas; Maintains registry/records for Lutheran Community services of El Paso) |
1940-present |